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This week saw some pretty low-scoring releases hit the Wii. Frankly, we already forgot what they were. Oh, nevermind, now we know. Nothing much there. Bleh.

Still, we wonder if any of you were looking forward to Ubisoft Barcelona's first foray into the Wii in Emergency Heroes? There haven't been any reviews yet, that we could find, so we don't know what to expect. If you're not down with that, then what will you be playing this weekend?

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This week sees a few new games releasing on the Wii, providing those of you with a burning desire to feed your Wii new retail discs an opportunity to do so. Of note is Ubisoft Barcelona's Emergency Heroes, along with the PSP-to-Wii title, Death Jr: Root of Evil. Without further ado, let's get to the games!

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It looks like Emergency Heroes will be coming to North America, which should please those of you who've ever had the desire to race in ambulances, police cars, and other rescue vehicles. Yes, the game's about actually rescuing people, too, but who cares about that bit? We'll probably run over more people than we end up saving, since we doubt an ambulance or fire truck can handle curves well. All kidding aside, we're really looking forward to this title.

The game, which also has a two player co-op mode, is set to hit American shores in May.

Ubisoft has announced plans to race to the Wii scene this May with "an open world rescue driving game" called Emergency Heroes. While details remain sketchy, Ubisoft has confirmed that the game will feature two-player co-op and 16 different police, fire, and EMT vehicles to drive about while protecting the city of San Alto.

Strapped into the driver's seat on this Wii-exclusive project are both Ubisoft Barcelona and Ubisoft Reflections, the latter of which has more than a few racing games to its credit. Even so, we remain unsure of how to feel about Emergency Heroes, as while Reflections struck gold in 1999 with Driver, since then the company has become better known for having driven the franchise off a cliff with all of the gusto of a man with a death wish.

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In some screens, Emergency Heroes looks very anime-like -- especially when you can see the bizarre details of the crazy, futuristic emergency vehicles. It's a somewhat more cartoony take on the F-Zero GX-style of racer. But in screens like the one above, the texture-free, shaded environmental elements and angular vehicles remind us more of Killer 7 than anything else.

That doesn't really mean Heroes has anything to do with those games, but come on -- who hasn't wanted to turn off of the track in F-Zero or Wipeout to go put out a fire, or respond to domestic disputes in Killer 7. Oh, right, nobody. We don't really know where we were going with this, either.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>emergency-heroespoliceracingubisoftMon, 31 Mar 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/27/introducing-wii-racer-emergency-heroes-from-ubisoft-barcelona/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/27/introducing-wii-racer-emergency-heroes-from-ubisoft-barcelona/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/27/introducing-wii-racer-emergency-heroes-from-ubisoft-barcelona/#comments The above trailer comes from Ubisoft Barcelona's Emergency Heroes, a free-roaming racing game for Wii. As you can see, it's all in German (someone get Colonel Klink on the phone, we need a translation!) and features an expansive city that we hope we'll get to race around on, as well as a look at some of the game's vehicles and characters. So far, it appears the game is only releasing to Europe, based on the PEGI rating and all, but we're betting it'll see a worldwide release eventually.

Be sure to hit up the gallery below for some in-game screens. Emergency Heroes is currently set for a June release.